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Northrop recognized with manufacturing awards
PALMDALE, Calif.—Northrop Grumman has been recognized by the National Association of Manufactur- ers with Manufacturing Leadership Awards for three of its aircraft manu- facturing capabilities.
The cutting-edge capabilities har- ness metadata, analytics, and virtual and augmented reality in multiple Northrop Grumman manufacturing programs.
“We have a rich history of manu- facturing the most advanced products in the world,” said Kevin Mitchell, sector vice president, global opera- tions, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. “Today, we use a variety of manufacturing techniques to develop the capabilities to support our custom- er’s toughest missions. We are honored to be recognized for our leadership in manufacturing.”
The company was recognized for the following technologies:
• The assembly metadata integra- tion project extracts quality data from automated systems on Northrop Grum- man’s F-35 Integrated Assembly Line. It uses advanced analytics to mine data and automate an otherwise tedious manual effort for identifying discrepan- cies, generating reports, evaluating and documenting the quality data, and de- fining and directing corrective action.
• The analytics-enabled complex as- semblies (ACA) capability leverages analytics to assemble complex airplane parts of diverse material types. It en-
ables Northrop Grumman to machine complex parts on divergent machines and then drill precision hole-bores. This project reduces complexity, cost, facility requirements and risk, while improving throughput and design change sensitivity. Northrop Grumman uses this capability on both its manned and autonomous aircraft systems, in- cluding the High Altitude Long Endur- ance family of systems that comprise programs like the U.S. Navy’s MQ- 4C Triton and U.S. Air Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk.
• Northrop Grumman leverages augmented reality (AR), virtual real- ity (VR) and 3D analytics to improve airframe manufacturing processes. This enables the company to capture and an- alyze data to gain meaningful insights into manufacturing challenges expe- rienced by human tasks. By combin- ing airframe manufacturing data with artificial intelligence/machine learn- ing, AR and VR, Northrop Grumman captures human variability and work content that reduces rework, disrup- tion and downtime. Similar to the ACA capability, this can be used across the spectrum of Northrop Grumman air- craft programs.
Northrop Grumman will be recog- nized at the 15th Annual Manufac- turing Leadership Awards Gala, in conjunction with the Manufacturing Leadership Summit June 10-12 in Hun- tington Beach, Calif.
Northrop Grumman photograph
An F-35 technician measures the gaps between the frames and the ducts on the forward left inlet duct for the F-35 center fuselage. A core structure of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft, the center fuselage is produced on Northrop Grumman’s integrated assembly line at its Palmdale Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence.
Lear Aircraft Mechanic
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• Perform inspections, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, and project installations and modifications to aircraft assigned to support.
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• Keep abreast and maintain files of aircraft manuals, service bulletins. Attend pre-flight and post flight briefings as necessary. Maintain, operate and troubleshoot complex research systems installed in the aircraft. Maintain currency in aircraft manuals, service bulletins.
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